Machine for husking green corn.



-PATENTED FEB. 11, 1908. L.-J. GORYELL.

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LEWIS JE FFERSON GORYELL, OF OSHAWA, ONTARIO, CANADA.

MACHINE FOR HUSKING GREEN CORN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 11,1908.

Application filed January 15 1907- Serial No. 352.453.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEWIS JEFFERSON CORYELL, a subject of the King of Great Britain, resident of the town of Oshawa, 1n the Province of Ontario, in the Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and usefullmprovements in Machines for Husking Green Corn, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in machines for husking green corn as described in the present specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings that form part of the same.

The invention consists essentially in a novel arrangement and construction of parts whereby a feed mechanism deposits the corn to a stripping mechanism formed of a plurality of rollers ournaled in proximity'to the periphery of a larger roller or drum and coacting with said drum in removing the husks from the corn.

The-objects of the invention are to de-- crease the cost of preparing the corn for canning purposes, to increase the output of a canning factory by the elimination of huskers, and to devise a machine in which simplicity and regularity in the operation are attained.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the machine. Fig. 2 is an end elevation showing the position of the operating mechanism in relation to the rollers and drum and having the feed table and carrier removed. Fig. is a front elevation of the Fig. 4 is a sectional detail of a portion of the stripping and the shearing mechanism. Fig. 5 is a sectional detail showing the oscillatory movement in the stripping mechanism. a perspective detail of a portion of the strip' ping roller.

Referring to the drawings, lis a feed table supported at the outer end on the legs 2 and having at the said outer end a hopper 3 emptying on to a table 4. The said table at the inner end is supported on the brackets 5 extending outwardly from' and supported by the legs 6. The brackets 5 have an inward extension 7 therefrom rigidly secured thereto or forming part therewith.

.8-is a chain belt having the rails 9 extending thereacross and secured thereto and at on; end extendi-n around the sprocket wheels 1Q, the saic sprocket wheels being fixedly secured on the shaft 11 journaled in Fig. 6 is 15 is a shelf supported from the sides of l the table 1 and inserted in between the chains of the carrier belt 8 and held up to the underside of the upper traveling portion of said belt and therefore adjacent to the cross rails 9, which sweep along the surface of the said shelf.

16 are circular knives fixedly secured on the shaft 13 having their cutting edges extending in an upward direction above the level of the carrier belt Sand adj accnt to the ends of the rails 9 of the said belt.

17 are circular knives fixedly secured to the shaft 18. The shaft 18is journaled in the bearings 19 formed at the extremity of the brackets 20, the latter being rigidly secured to the brackets 7. The knives 17 are arranged above and forward of the knives 16,- the edges of the upper knives overlapping the edges of the lower knives, the former rotating in an opposite direction to the latter.

21 is the main driving shaft journaled in the bearing 22. The bearing 22 is arranged in the standard 23 at the top thereof, the said standard being supported on the base beams 24.

25 is a driving pulley mounted on the shaft 21 and 26 is an idle pulley also mounted on said shaft immediately beside said driving pulley to the outside of the standard 23.

27 is a standard supported on the base beams 24 and having the bearings 28, 29, 30 and 31 arranged therein.

32 is a shaft journaled in the bearing 28 and connected by the universal joint 33 with said main shaft 21.

34 is a standard also supported from the base beams 24 at the opposite end of the machine to the standard 27 and having the j ournal bearings 35, 36 and 37 arranged thereon and 38 is a drum supported on a shaft 39 journaled in the bearings 29 and 35, the journal being on a lower level than the journal 29. The standards 27 and 34: are set at an incline to accommodate the slant of the drum.

40 is a spur gear fixedly secured to the shaft 39 adjacent to the journal 29 and to the inside thereof and 41 is a spur pinion fixedly secured to the shaft 32 and meshing with the gear 40 for the purpose of driving said drum.

42 is a roller ournaled in the bearings 30 nal and 36 and extending along the periphery of the drum 38 from end to end and on the same slant as said drum. g

43 is a sprocket wheel mounted at the outer end of the roller 42 beyond the hearing 30.

44 and 45 are helical grooves cut in the eriphery of the roller 42 preferably paralielly arranged and extending along said roller for the complete length of the drum 38.

46 is a s rocket wheel mounted on the shaft 32 to t e outside of the bearing 28 and having the chain belt 47 connecting it to the sprocket 43. 1

Any slack in the chain 47 is taken up by the idler sprocket wheel 48 which is journaled on the pin 49 extending from the bracket 50, slidably arranged on the outer face of the standard 27.

It will be thus seen that the roller 42 and drum 38 revolve in o posite directions as in the case of the roller t e operation is through the sprocket 46 and chain connection andin the case of the drum through the communicating gears 40 and 41. T s will drive the roller in one direction and the drum in the other, producing a inching effect between the peripheries of tffe said roller and drum as they revolve, the helical grooves forming the means of gripping the husk to be pinched between said peripiheries as stated, thereby stripping said bus from the ear of corn.

51 is a roller formed of the cone-shaped members 52 mounted on .the shaft 53 and extending the full length of the drum 38.

54 is an arm having the fork 55 at its reduced lower end, said fork being arranged astride the shaft 39 of the drum 38 close to the end of said drum. The arm 54 is formed with a fiat shield portion 56 which rises above the periphery of the drum 38 and has a j ourearing 57 to one side thereof and a rigid pin 58 fixedly secured thereto to the other side and projecting outwardly therefrom. The pin 58 has an annular groove formed therein at the outer end thereof.

' 59 is an arm pivoted at 60 in the bracket 61 extending upwardly from one of, the base beams 24, said arm 59 extendingupwardly and having the curved jog 62 resting on the cam 63 fixedly secured on the shaft 39. The

arm 59 further extends upwardly behind the pin 58 and rests in the annular groove in said pin and is slidably retained thereto by the guiding band 64 which is fixedly secured to the said arm and also rests in the groove in the pin 58 to the opposite .side.

65 is an arm pivoted in the bracket 66 secured at the opposite end of the machine to the base beam 24. The arm 65 extends upwardly from the bracket 66 and has a central jog 67 therein which rests on the cam 68 fixedly secured on the drum shaft-39.

69 is a back board having the lower side thereof out out to fit snugly to the roller 51 between thecone-shaped members 52 and at one end fastened to the inner face of the shield 56 forming the top of the arm 54 and at the other endto the top of the arm 65.

70 is a bearing having the lug 71 therefrom 70 secured to the lower edge of the back board 69 where it extends beyond the drum and forming the journal hearing for the other end of the roller 51. Thus it will be seen that the back board moves with the roller no matter what position the said roller may assume.

On the rotation of the drum shaft and consequently of the drum which. is fixedly mounted on said shaft, the cams 63 and 68 in their rotation with said drum shaft engage the arms 59 and 65 and at each revolu- .tion throw said arms forward, and as these arms. have rigid connection with the back board .69 the roller 51 is moved forwardly over the periphery of the drum at each revolution of the drum shaft.- The travel of the said roller 51 is towards the roller 42 so that the corn dropping down on to the drum periphery is moved forward by the said roller 51 towards the roller 42, where the husks of the corn are gripped, as explained in the foregoing description, by the pinching action between the said roller and drum, and torn away.

In the tearing away of the husk the said husk passes under the roller 42 where it is 'swept away by the brushing action of the rotating roller 72 journaled in the adjacent bearings 31 and 37, said roller having the rubber strips 73 secured thereto for sweeping said husks off the roller 42 and the drum 38.

The bearings 31 and 37 are slidably arranged in the brackets 74 integral with the standards 27 and 34 and are adjustable therein by means of the adjusting screws 75. The roller 72 is driven from the shaft 32 to which it is connected bythe chain 76 extending around the sprocket wheel 77 on the said shaft 32 and the sprocket wheel 78 on the shaft 79 extending from the said roller.

80 are spring fingers rigidly secured to the bar 81 which is rigidly secured to the upper ends of the standards 27 and 34 and extending therebetween and to which the extremity of the extending ends 7 of the brackets 5 are secured. The said spring fingers 80 project from said bar 81 under the shaft 18 of the knives 17 between the pairs of knives 16 and 17 and over the inner end of the endless carrier formed by the chain belt 8.

82 are plates fixedly secured to the underside of said spring fingers at the inner extending end and having a suitable roughened surface or small teeth projecting downwardly therefrom for engaging the ear of corn as it passes into the knives, and as the said ear is oroed under the spring fingers the teeth projecting downwardly from the plates 82 looselr the husk before it falls from the endless carrler. 30

Alan effectually preventing any liability of the pletely shear t at the outer end thereof.

- from one of the base beams 24 and engaging 'and as the husk has been loosened by the of the drum against the roller 42 where the The ears of corn are dumped onthe table I 4 and fed therefrom on to the endless carrier formed by the chain ,belt 8 and the rails 9 and are swept along by the said rails 9 along the shelf 15, and in passage the said pieces are moved over so that the butt ends touch either one or the other of the gage strips 83 secured to the upper edges of the sides of the table 1 and running longitudinally with said sides. This will bring the said butt ends under one or the other of the sets of circular knives at each side of the endless carrier and at the end thereof. The upper and lower knives rotatin in opposite directions comfre butt end off the ear of corn no matter to which, side of the carrier that butt end may be, and the said butt end falls away from the main part of the corn and into one or other of the troughs 84 from which it is carried away by the su plementary endless carriers 85. The on less carriers 85 are operated from the main carrier by the chain 86 extending around the s rocket wheel 87 securedto the end of the s aft 13 and the sprocket wheel 88 secured to the end of the shaft 89.

The shaft 18 to which the knives 17 are secured is driven from a .sprocket wheel 90 fixedly secured to the shaft 79 through the sprocket chain 91 running over a sprocket wheel 92 fixedly secured to the outer end of the said shaft 18. v

The lower knives 16 are rotated by the shaft 13 through a sprocket wheel 93 secured The sprocket wheel 93 is operated from the drum shaft 39 through the chain 94 and sprocket 95 secured to said shaft.

96 is a sprocket wheel secured to the outwardly extending end of the shaft 51, and 97 is a chain connecting the. said sprocket 96 with the sprocket 98 secured to the drum shaft 39.

99 and 100 are spring held rollers supported the sprocket chains 94 and 97 respectively, automatically taking up any slack in the said chains thus keeping them perfectly tight and said chains getting loose and running off their sprockets.

101 is a roller similar to the rollers 99 and 100 and automatically adjusting the chain 76. The main part of the ear of corn falls off the end of the main carrier formed by the chain belt 8 on to the top of the drum 38 spring fingers 81 the said ear of corn is in a very favorable statefor being husked.

The roller 51 operating, as explained in the foregoing description, oscillates regularly over the periphery of the drum 38, consequently as the ears fall on to said drum the said roller 51 pushes them over the surface pinching effect between the drum 38 and the said roller, aided materially by the spiral grooves 44 and 45 in said roller, completely strips the husk and silk from the corn.

The drum 38 is journaled so as to form an inclined way for the corn from its point of entrance to its point of exit, therefore, as

soon as the husk is gripped by the roller 42 and the ear completely stripped, the corn will find its way to the end of the roller and drop therefrom into a suitable receptacle. Any suitable form of chute may be placed at the end of the drum to carry the husked ears of corn to the receptacle. The cone shaped members 52 of the roller 51 keeps edging the corn up so as to avoid a too rapid passage of the corn along the drum, that is, to insure the husking of every car, as it will readily be understood, the ears that have not yet been husked will be retained from sliding down much easier than the smooth pieces of corn already husked. Therefore it is quite obvious that no piece of corn can get through to the exit end of the drum without meeting the roller 42 at some point in the passage and as sure as the said piece of corn meets the roller 42 the husk must be inched in between the drum and the said roller 42 and when the husk is ipped nothing can prevent it coming offflfaaving the corn stri ped and free to pass along the surface of the rum to the exit end thereof.

In the operation of this invention the main shaft 21 is driven through the pulley 25 from any suitable source of power and the drum 38 driven in the opposite direction through the spur gears 41 and 40.

The roller 42 is driven through the sprocket gearherein described from the shaft 32 so that it rotates inwardly toward said drum and the roller 51 being driven from the drum shaft 39 also turns inwardly toward said drum, that is to say, it turns inwardly to the operating side, thus holding the ears of corn down to the drum.

The shaft 79 being driven from the shaft 32 rotates in the same direction as the shaft 42 and as it rotates the strips 73 brush the roller 42 and the surface of the drum immediately behind the said roller 42 effectively removing the loose husks and corn silk from the said roller. A guard board 102 is secured to the bar 81 projecting downwardly into close proximity to the upper side of the roller 42 thus effectually preventing the ears of corn from escaping from the said roller. The journal bearings 30 and 36 and 31 and 3-7 are adjustably arranged in the standards 27 and 34 respectively so that the position of the rollers 42 and 72 may be adjusted in relation to the drum.

103 is a water pipe journaled in. brackets 103 has an upward extension 105 at the outer end which may be connected in any suitable manner to a suitable water supply. 106 is an arm secured at one end to the bar 81 and having a slot 107 at the other end which passes over the upwardly extending end 105 of the pipe 103. As the board 69 is moved backward and forward by the cam movement previously described, the ipe 103 is turned a part of a revolution in tfie brackets 104 so that the spray of water passing through the holes-in the said pipe keeps playing on practically the same portion of the drum, that is, close to the roller 42. The water ipe is provided so that a spray may be playe on the drum and prevent .the ummy substance in the green husks from stic ring to the surface of the drum and stripping roller.

108 is a scraper extending longitudinally with the drum 38 engaging the surface thereof and spring-held thereto by the spring arms 109 secured to the base beam 24.

The scraper 108 is continuously held against the periphery of the drum by the s ring arms 109 and effectually scrapes off a 1 particles of husks adhering to the surface thereof as the said drum rotates so that the surface where the ears of corn are husked is always kept free and clean.

The feeding and cutting mechanism is driven in the manner hereinbefore described from. the otheroperating'partsso that a continuous feed is assured during the operation.

of the machine.

It has been found in practice that a ma-- chine constructed and operated as herein set forth is very efficient in its work and that practically no corn which is fed to the feed carrier, passes from the outer end of the drum without being completely husked and ready for the next operation in the process of canning.

In the industry of corn canning the output of the canning factories has been limited by the amount of help accessible for husking the corn, and as the season for canning is one in which most of the male adult population of the districts where a factory is located is very busy, the factories have to depend almost entirely on child labor, and this is necessarily very limited, as well as inefficient and unreliable.

Thus it will be seen that by the use of a machine as herein described not only is a great saving of labor effected but the capacity of the factories is only limited by the number of machines which are installed, therefore a great increase of the output of goods may easily be accomplished.

What I claim as my invention is:

1, A machine for husking green corn, comprising a rotating drum suitably journaled, a stripping roller suitably journaled and extending longitudinally above said drum and operatively connected therewith, a feed mechanism extending over said drum and operatively connected therewith, and means for moving the ears of corn into contact with said stripping roller, substantially as described.

2. A machine for husking green corn, comprising an endless carrier, a rotating drum beneath said carrier, a stripping roller jour- 'naled' and rotating in the opposite direction to said drum adjacent to the periphery thereof, and means for moving the ears of corn dropped from said endless carrier to said drum over to said stripping roller, substantially as described.

3. A machine for husking green corn, comprising an endless carrier, a drum suitably journaled and having one end elevated, a stripping roller suitably journaled and rotating in the opposite direction to said drum and adjacent to the periphery thereof, and a roller having an oscillatory movement over the said drum and moving the ears of corn dropped from said carrier to said drum over to said stripping roller, substantially 'as described.

4. A machine for husking green corn, comprising an endless carrier, a drum suitably journaled and having one end elevated, a stripping roller having helical grooves in the periphery thereof and rotating in the opposite direction to said drum and adjacent to the periphery of said drum, means for moving the ears of corn dropped from said endless carrier over to said stripping roller, substantially as described. 5. In a machine for husking green corn, the combination with the standards having a plurality 'of bearings therein, of a drum journaled in said bearings, a stripping roller j ournaled in other of said bearings adjacent to the periphery of said drum, a driving shaft suitably journaled, a sprocket mounted on said roller, a sprocket mounted on said driving shaft, a chain connecting said sprocket wheels for driving said roller, gear mechanism operatively connecting the shaft of said drum and said driving shaft, an endless carrier, and a chain and sprocket operating connection from said drum shaft to said endless carrier, substantially as described.

6. In a machine for husking green corn, the combination with the standards having a plurality of bearings therein, of a drum shaft journaled in said bearings, a drum mounted thereon, a chain belt carrier extending around suitable sprocket wheels, one pair of a driving shaft operatively connected to said drum shaft, and a stripping roller suitably rotated from said driving shaft, substantially as described.

7. In a machine for husking green com, the combination with the bed beams, of a pair of standards secured thereto and having a plurality of bearings therein, of a drum shaft journaled in said bearings, a drum fixedly secured to said drum shaft, a main shaft journaled in one of said standards, a stripping roller journaled in said bearings and extending longitudinally with said drum and adjacent to the periphery thereof, a roller having an oscillatory movement over the said drum, an endless carrier supported in proximity to said drum, a brushing roller in proximity to said stripping roller, and means for driving said drum shaft, rollers and endless carrier operatively connected with said driving shaft, substantially as described.

8. In a machine for husking green corn, the combination with the bed beams, of

a pair of standards secured thereto and operatively connected with said main shaft,

an oscillatoryroller extending longitudinally with said drum and adjacent to the periphery thereof journaled in suitable bearings and operatively connected with said drum shaft, a brushing roller extending longitudinally with said drum and adjacent to the periphery thereof in proximity'to said stripping roller and -j ournaled in said bearings in said standards and operatively connected with said main shaft, an endless carrier supported in proximity to said drum and operatively connected with said drum shaft, and means for oscillatin said oscillatory roller, substantially as escribed.

9. In a machine for husking green corn, the combination with the bed beams, of a pair of standards secured thereto and having a plurality of bearings therein, a main shaft journaled in one of said standards, a drum shaft extending between said standards and journaled in said bearings and operatively connected with said main shaft, a stripping roller extending longitudinally with said drum and adjacent to the periphery thereof and j ournaled in said bearings in said standards and operatively connected with said main shaft, an arm supported from said drum shaft having a guard plate at its upper end and a journal bearing in said guard plate and a bracket extending laterally from one side thereof and a pin extending laterally from the other side thereof, a guard board rigidly secured to thelaterally extending bracket from said arm and extending longitudinally with said drum, a pivotal arm pivoted from said bed beams and rigidly secured to the opposite end of said guard board, a journal bearing rigidly secured to said guard board in proximity to the said pivotal arm and extending downwardly therefrom, a roller having a plurality of coneshaped members fixedly secured thereto journaled at one end in the journal bearing in said arm and at the other end in said journal bearing secured to said guard board and extending longitudinally of said drum in close proximity to the surface thereof and connected with said drum shaft, a pivotal arm engaging the laterally extending pin on the aforesaid arm, cams on said drum shaft engaging said pivotal arms and oscillating the aforesaid arm and said guard board and roller toward and from said stripping roller, an endless carrier supported above said drum operatively connected with said drum shaft, substantially as described.

10. In a machine for husking green corn, thecombination with a pair of standards, of a bar fixedly secured to said standards at the up er ends thereof, a rotatable drum journa ed in said standards, a stripping roller adjustably journaled in said standards and extending longitudinally of said drum and operatively connected therewith, a guard board fixedly secured to said bar and extending downwardly therefrom above said stri ping roller, an oscillatory roller suitably journaled and extending longitudinally of said drum, a guard board supported above said oscillatory roller and oscillating with said roller, means for oscillating said roller and guard board supported thereabove, brackets secured to said oscillatory guard board, a water pipe journaled in said brackets and having a closed end and an upturned open end and a row of holes through the underside thereof extending between said brackets said upturned end being connected to a suitable water supply, an arm fixedly secured to said bar and engaging the upturned end of said pipe and adapted to turn said pipe in its bearings on the oscillating of said guard board and roller, means for rotating said drum, and a feed mechanism suitably supported and extending above said drum and operatively connected therewith, substantially as described.

11. In a machine for husking green corn, the combination with a pair of standards, of a bar fixedly secured to said standards at the upper ends thereof, a rotatable drum journaled in said standards, a stripping mechanism suitably supported above said drum, a brushing roller adjustably journaled in said standards and extendin longitudinally of said drum, a pair of brac ets secured to said bar extending between said standards intermediate of its length and extending above said drum and having a plurality of bearings therein, a feed table secured to said brackets at its inner end and extending outwardly therefrom and suitably supported at its outer end and having a hopper at the said outer end, an endless carrier supported on said feed table and extending over said drum and operatively connected therewith, a shearing mechanism supported at the inner end of said feed table, means for operating said shearing mechanism, means for operating said drum and endless carrier, means for operating said stripping mechanism, and means for rotatin said drum and endless carrier, substantial y as described.

12. In a machine for husking green corn, the combination with a pair of standards and a bar fixedly secured to the upper ends thereof and extending therebetween, of an inclined rotatable drum journaled in said standards, a stripping mechanism suitably supported above said drum, a pair of brackets rigidly secured to said bar intermediate of its lengthand extending above said drum, a feed table suitably supported and extendin above said drum, an endless carrier suitab y sup orted from said feed table and o erative y connected with said drum, a s aft journaled in suitable bearings in said brackets, a pair of circular knives rigidly secured to said shaft and rotating therewith, a shaft suitably journaled and supported above the aforesaid shaft, a air of circular knives rigidly secured to sai shaft and coacting with the aforesaid circular knives, means for rotating said shafts and pairs of knives opposite directions, means forholding the corn in engagement with said knives, and means for rotating said drum, means for operating said stripping mechanism, substantially as describe 13. In a machine for husking green corn, the combination with a pair of standards and a bar fixedly secured to the upper ends thereof and extending therebetween, of an inclined rotatable drum journaled in said standards, a stripping mechanism suitably supported above said drum, a pair of brackets rigidly secured to said bar intermediate ofits length and extending above said drum, a feed table suitably supported and extending above said drum, an endless carrier suitably supported from said feed table and operatively connected with said drum, a shearing mechanism operatively connected with sai drum, a plurality of spring fingers rigidly secured to said bar extending between said standards and extending outwardly above said endless carrier and having a plurality of teeth projecting from-the under side thereof at the outer ends and-adapted to hold the ear of corn to said shearing mechanism and loosen the husk from the said ear, and means for rotating saiddrum, substantially as de scribed.

14. Ina machine for husking green corn, the combination with a pair of standards and a bar fixedly secured to the upper ends thereof and extending therebetween, of an inclined rotatable drum journaled in said tively connected with said drum, shearing mechanism operatively connected with said drum, means for holding the ears of corn to said shearing mechanism, means for removing the butts of ears from said shearing mechanism operatively connected with said drum, and means for rotating said drum, substantially as described.

15. In a machine for husking green corn, the combination. with a pair, of standards and a bar fixedly secured to'the upper ends thereof and extending therebetween, of an inclined rotatable drum journaled in said standards, a stripping mechanism suitably supported above said drum, a pair of brackets rigidly secured to said bar intermediate of its length and extending above said drum, a feed table suitably supported and extending above said drum, an endless carrier suitably supported from said feed table and operatively connected with said drum, a shearing mechanism operatively connected with said drum, means for holding the ears of corn to said shearing mechanism, a pair-of troughs suitably supported and extending oyer and beyond said drum from said shearing mechanism, endless carrier belts running in said troughs and operatively connected to said drum and adapted to carry the sheared butts of said ears of corn clear of said drum, and means for rotating said drum, substantially as described.

16. In a machine of the class described, in combination with the bed beams, a pair of inclined standards secured thereto and having a plurality of bearings therein, a rotatable drum supported in said bearings, a plurality of rollers journaled in said bearings and coacting with said drum, an oscillatory roller suitably'supported and co-acting with said drum and with one of the aforesaid rollers and drum forming a stripping mechanism, a spring-held scraper engaging the periphery of said drum, a feed table, an endless carrier operating on said feed table and operatively connected with said stripping mechanism, a plurality of rotary knives forming a shearin mechanism operatively connected with sai feed mechanism and said stripping mechanism, a plurality of spring fingers extendin over the end of said feed mechanism an having roughened under surfaces at the outer county and Province of Ontario, in the Doends, a plurality of endless carriers operaminion of Canada, this 24th day of Decemtively cczinneccted with 1siaifd shearing nliechanber, 1906. ism, an a rivin s a toperative y con- 5 nected With the aforesaid stripping mechan- LEWIS JEFFERSON CORYELL ism and endless carriers, substantially as de- Witnesses: scribed. ROBERT MOCAN,

Signed at the town of Oshawa, in the D. O. J. SwANsoN. e 

